In his new role, Thompson will work alongside fellow USPP Co-Head Takashi Miyake to lead the continued expansion of the business, with a particular focus on building out the bank’s origination, structuring and distribution debt private placement capabilities to facilitate transactions for Mizuho’s global issuer and investor clients.

Thompson joins Mizuho with over twenty years of investment banking and debt private placement experience. He spent the majority of his career with J.P. Morgan, where he held a number of senior positions in the debt private placement group, including serving as Global Head of the Debt Private Placement business for the last five years. During his time with JPM, Thompson played a key role in the growth of the Europe, Utilities, Oil & Gas and Real Estate private placement verticals, among others, and developed strong relationships with a broad range of private placement issuer and investor clients across all industry sectors and geographic segments.

Hiroshi Suehiro, Senior Managing Executive Officer and Head of the Americas for Mizuho Bank, stated, “Our goal is to be one of the top corporate and investment banking providers in the U.S., with depth and breadth of capital markets products and sector specific expertise to provide clients with a range of financing solutions for every possible business situation. The addition of Thompson to lead the expansion of our debt private placement platform significantly enhances our ability to be a first-tier financial partner to clients with a stronger lead bank mentality, increased client coverage and product capability and a global footprint supported by one of the world’s largest financial institutions.”

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